Del Papa v. Steffen

OPINION

Respondent Justices have appointed a “Special Master” to investigate alleged leaks of information to the press in violation of two early orders by a panel of this court directing that the proceedings before this court in Case No. 24598, “the Whitehead case,” be kept confidential. We conclude that these orders mandating confidentiality were invalid and that Respondent Justices lack constitutional or legislative authority to appoint a special master to investigate the leaks of information to the media and the reason for this court’s lost prestige. Accordingly, we grant Petitioner’s…